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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Donald Bickford

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Massachusetts

Honored By

Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21

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Activity During WWII

SERVED ABOARD THE USS BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-21) WITH THE AIR SQUADRON, VC -55 AS A TAIL GUNNER. HE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE CVE-21, BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE, ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.